Education

Education

IMBA - The International Mountain Bicycling Association

IMBA logoIf you want to preserve your right to ride, you will need to be fully aware of the most recent literature on the subjects of trail conflict and closure, trail protocol and legal issues. The International Mountain Bicycling Association (IMBA) has a great resource page available. Please check it out and familiarize yourself with the issues that currently threaten your right to ride. If there isn't an IMBA affiliated club in your neck of the woods already, what are you waiting for? IMBA can help you get your local chapter off the ground. Don't wait for a cycling ban... be proactive and make sure cyclist's points of view and concerns are represented in the development of your communities and trail areas.

How To Develop An Effective Grassroots Campaign

from Encompass Magazine, April/May 2000

Identify and Define the Issue

  • Where is the problem?
  • Why is this a problem?
  • Who is affected?
  • Who or what is responsible?
  • Who are the stakeholders?
  • What are the consequences of inaction?
  • Who are your targets?

The CMBA Responsibility Code

Know and observe the code. It's your responsibility.

Rules of the Trail

Ride on open trails only

Respect trail and road closures (ask if not sure), avoid possible trespass on private land.

Leave no trace

Be sensitive to the dirt beneath you. Even on open trails, you should not ride under conditions where you will leave evidence of your passing, such as on certain soils shortly after a rain. Observe the different types of soils and trail construction. Practice low impact cycling. This also means staying on the trails and not creating any new ones.

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